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WHY SHOULD WE IMAGINE SOLAR FLARES TAKING DOWN ISS? (New America), Nov 8, 2017, DC, 6:00-7:15 pm ET

New America, Slate, and Arizona State University will hold the next in their series of Future Tense seminars on November 8, 2017 fom 6:00-7:15 pm ET at New America’s offices, 740 15th St., NW, #900, Washington, DC.  Happy hour drinks and light refreshments follow.

The topic is “Why Should We Imagine Solar Flares Taking Down the International Space Station” which is the topic of a science fiction book by Deji Olukotun entitled After the Flare.

Olukotun is one of the speakers at this event.  The other is Lucianne Walkowicz, the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology at the Library of Congress.

Details are on the event’s website.

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Date:
November 8, 2017
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm